Rigs Andreefs

Download or read book Rigs Andreefs written by U. S Department U.S Department of the Interior and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-03 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SUMMARYThe proximity of the two Rigs to Reefs projects and an operating oil and gas platform tothe natural coral formations of the Flower Gardens (WFGB) afforded us the opportunity to notonly compare several platform configurations, but also to compare the fish communities at"artificial reefs" to that of a neighboring natural system. It was therefore the purpose of thisstudy to compare the fish communities associated with an operating oil and gas platform, twoartificial reef configurations, and the WFGB. Reef configurations included a productionplatform toppled in place as a deep water artificial reef